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Monday, May 4, 2009

That photo is a picture of my dad and me on his birthday when he turned… [are you ready for this?] … 32!

I’m currently 35.

I can’t tell you how much that freaks me out to think I’m older right now than he was while holding me, his youngest of six, in that photo.

Yesterday, dad turned 65. As the clock struck midnight and he turned another year older, he finally caught up to me in a few areas. Like the fact that now we’re both eligible for Medicare. And the fact that I won’t be the only one getting promotional materials for AARP. [Seriously, AARP should check the Medicare database to see if people are actually old before they send out marketing materials…]

And, like me, Dad will always be young at heart. The above photo where he’s carrying me around was, I believe, from a camping trip to Adventureland Park … and it is so my dad. He used to go for a run with his cowboy boots on and his tool pouch on his hip. We eventually coaxed him into wearing tennis shoes and he never turned back, but I love the fact that he was out there hanging out with us kids. He was, and still is, a big kid deep down.

Dad, you may be getting a few years older, but you’re still the exact same dad to me that’s in these photos. The dad who loves and plays and is ornery and kind. The one who cares about his family and who worked tirelessly for all of us. I love you to pieces, Mino, and hope you had a wonderful day!

33 comments:

I had to laugh reading that you receive AARP materials too! I often wonder why they don't check things out better before they ship materials out in mass mailings to medicare peeps. Glad I'm not alone! (33 and on medicare and receiving AARP . . . I get a kick out of having a Silver Sneakers membership at the gym, too! Wish I was able to make it there. It used to be great fun!)

My husband and I have been receiving AARP 'junk mail' for 25 years! And we're only in our mid 40s! We always just laughed about it and figured they'd stop sending it just about the time we became eligible for it!

You have one cool dad...LOVE the cowboy boots! I love seeing old pictures of my dad playing with us as kids. What treasured memories!

Happy Birthday to your Dad! 65 years, sounds younger and younger to me all the time. I love both of those photos of the two of you. There is nothing sweeter than Daddy daughter mutual adoration, which I am sure is the case.

When I was growing up, we had a neighbor who always wore his cowboy boots and shorts while mowing the lawn. It must have been a '70's thing. Although, my younger son used to wear the same ensemble when he was in preschool!

I agree with David above -- why did our parents look so much older in their 20's & 30's than we ever did?!

I remember when we were at a restaurant and they asked Dad if he wanted the senior citizen discount [it started at 50] when he was around 55... he told them 'no thanks.' I figure saving money will be one of the benefits of getting older!

Hi, sweetie :) I JUST put up that header a few minutes ago! The woman who made my other font had asked if I had any other writing styles back when I did the original one, so I did my normal handwriting for her. I just heard from her yesterday and she sent me the new font, so I used it to write Gitzen Girl in the header. I'll send it to you if you want it.

Hey... could you also email me your address and phone number? I lost some contacts when my computer died and I don't have the info anymore. Thanks, girl! :*

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